Love on Stage - Representations and Expressions of Love in the 19th and 20th Century French and Francophone Plays

THIS COURSE TAUGHT AT MILLS CAMPUS

Romantic theatre, which began in the 19th century, is characterized by representations of love. Whether explainable by characters, unwanted by them or fatal to their existence, love is always passionate and torturous. It can be born out of a desire to be loved or a fantasy and is fed by admiration and flattery. By placing these different “facettes” of love on stage, the theatre creates and brings to life certain traits which come forth due the nature of this sentiment that is a confrontational space. In this course, we will examine different representations and expressions of love, not to mention the stakes involved with it, in a variety of French and francophone plays from the 19th and 20th century.

Texts:
V. Hugo, Ruy Blas, Paris, Bordas, 1995, (ISBN 2-04-028161-4)
A. Musset, On ne badine pas avec l’amour, Paris, Bordas, 2003 (ISBN-10: 2047303729)
J-P. Sartre, Huis clos, Paris, Gallimard, 1947, (ISBN 2-07-036807-6)
M. M. Bouchard, Les Muses Orphelines, Montréal, Lémeac, 1995, (ISBN 978-2-7609-0358-6)
T. Sangaré, Le Soupir des Falaises, Paris, Ndze, 2005 (ISBN : 2-911464-30-3)

Summer 2011

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Francophone Civilizations

THIS COURSE TAUGHT AT MILLS CAMPUS

This course ressembles a francophone civilisation and culture course. The course will serve as an introduction to « la Francophonie » by means of examining the culture of Francophone countries. The approach is to present cultural, social, economic and historical phenomena. The course will be cultural in the sense that it will focus on traditions, music, commerce, cinema, literature, political systems..., in short, culture in the Francophone world. The regions covered will include Africa, the Caribbean, Francophone North America, and the Middle East.

Summer 2011

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The Francophone 'I': Identity Games

THIS COURSE TAUGHT AT MILLS CAMPUS

This course attempts to understand the representation of the « I » francophone and the stakes associate with this person in a variety of Francophone literatures from 20th and 21st centuries. The course is designed as an analysis of the inherent phenomena of first person narratives as well as its historical, cultural and literary implications. In other words : How is the “I” represented? Who is “I”, in which point of view “I” is representing his point of view?

Required Texts:
1) J-P. Sartre, Les Mots, Paris, Gallimard, 1964, ISBN 2-07-036607-3
2) M. Condé, Le Cœur à rire et à pleurer, Paris, Robert Laffont, 1999, ISBN 2-266-09868-3
3) M. Feraoun, Le Fils du pauvre, Paris, Seuil, 1954, ISBN 2-02-006155-4
4) P. Gobeil, La Mort de Marlon Brando, Montréal, Triptyque, 1989, ISBN 2-89031-314-X
5) A. Nothomb, La Métaphysique des tubes, Paris, Albin Michel, 2000, ISBN 2-253-15284-6

Summer 2011

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